Vietnam vet dies saving grandkids in Detroit
Posted: Aug 9, 2012 9:43 PM EDT | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 7:44 AM EDT
DETROIT -- Police are searching for four men who killed a Detroit grandfather.
Officers said the thugs broke into a home on the city's west side late Wednesday night, and started shooting at two teenagers.
That's when their grandpa, 62-year-old John Villneff, jumped in the way and was shot in the back.
He died at the hospital.
Villneff was a Vietnam veteran who received two Purple Hearts.
Police said they know who the gunmen are.